Lordsburg is a very small city located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 3,381 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Lordsburg is the 46th largest community in New Mexico.

Unlike some cities, Lordsburg isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Lordsburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lordsburg is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lordsburg who work in food service (13.50%), office and administrative support jobs (13.24%), and sales jobs (9.49%).

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Lordsburg spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.25 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small city, Lordsburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Lordsburg Information and Demographics

The population of Lordsburg has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 6.15% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Lordsburg in 2000 was $10,877, which is lower middle income relative to New Mexico, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $43,508 for a family of four.

Lordsburg is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lordsburg home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lordsburg is White, followed by Native American. Lordsburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 75.10% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lordsburg include Irish and German.

The most common language spoken in Lordsburg is Spanish. Some people also speak English.